The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-11-03
Gen. swift's Stirring Speech.

Gen. Swift's Stirring Speech.
At a Republican rally in the Music Hall, Bos-
ton, last week, the work of the recent State
convention, was enthusiastically ratified Ex-
Cows. Long and Robinson, Hon. Geo. i. Ifoar.
Gen. VIM. Cogswell, Henry Cabot Lodge and
others, addressed the large assemblage. The
Boston Herald's report says of Gen. CogsweIi's
speech: "Thc mere mention of the name Of
James G. Blaine was sufficient to raise the
greatest outburst of spontaneous cheering, APP
plause and waving of handkerchefs that greet
ed the words of any speaker during the eye-
ing" Gen. John l.. Swift was introduced a.
follows:
| President Long-Gentlencr. we ALWAYS at
these meetings hold the American eagle back
until twenty-one minutes past ten. Laughter
| He has been struggling dreadfullv hard for the
last llalfhour to get of. Gen. John l.. Swift
will now let him soar. lApplausc.I
GEN. JOHN L. SWIFT.
The eagle will fold his wings precisely at half
after ten. Laughter But know you will
| all wait to hear me, because have something
new to say, [laughterl and | am astonishci
| that 1t has not been mentioned before this eve
| ming. The most important piece of political
|
| ear-drum appeared in one Of the daily papers
| this morning, and no man from this platform
has mentioned it. The most influential Demo
cratic organ in New England has classified the
| independent. He says the Independent is not
| a party-we knew that before [Iaughterl but
| he says the independent is growth and a
| product. Now we know him. Laughter
| We know him as the man knows that the bunior
| on his foot is growth and the boil OH the back
| of his neck Is product. Laughter and APP
oG inpn r,inoa,
| While the eloquent gentlemen who have pre-
ccded me have been stirring up your hearts
with the promise of a victory for Anes and
Bracket and grand Republican triumph, my
mind has been wandering away to the palaces
| on the Back Bay, and there l have seen the In
dependent in all the oncsomeness of his politl-
| cal being mutternS to himself: II took nv
growth into the Democratic party and they
kicked ne out, product and ALL" Laughter
and applause That Eastern bird Tonight is
| resting low. Those proud and beautiful tail
feathers, why they are sight to be seen.
Laughter. And the great party of Independ-
cnts is now halted and is broken ,Ip III two 1-
visions, the Old and the young; those that have
not found out that civil service under this Ati-
| mnistration is growth and product. the older
| ones have taken their growth and product aud
put it into their vest pocket for home consuml,-
ton, and are not saving anything at all more in
this campai ign and are going to stay at home.
The Carthagenan Queen. when the adventurer
her laughterl. was in the same condition, ac-
cOrding to Porson, who says:
'Whcn Dido found Ene.s did not come,
She mourne'l in silence and was Dido dumb
[Laughter.l got the permission OF the Prcs-
dent to enter into classics before | dared to tell
YOU how much | knew about them. TLaurE-
ter.
When we remember that it is only one year
ago that the star-eyed goddess of reform went
bouncing over this Commonwealth under the
lead of Andrew and Foster. and that now Il is
"A cold. stiff. stark corpse within the state. feel
like repeating the old lullaby:
"rut ;," ,";iy me emriy cr""if.
p, 2o'ic' ~ ] il'tie - t'ritH 'uAihb'
il II n, n,nthe, ,nI "a. ,So op9nr.o ,',,
[treat laughter ana applause.
Oh, WAS afraid. as | sat. fearing the mo
ment when ! should lie called ip--or should
not be laughter that this grand gathering
of Republicans would 20 by and close Zip and
adjourn and that our respects would not be
paid to the President of these United States.
Laughter and applause.J thank YOU sir
(turning to General Cogsweil for not neglect
ing him; never do. Laughter and applause.
He never neglected me. Laughter aud az
platlsc. ] was the iir.t man lie thought O.
laughter ant; applause when the .ttniii-tri-
iion GOT round to Boston. One good turn de-
serves another. will neNcr forget him.
Laughter and applause. And the man that
will never be forgotten hy the teci..ins millions
of sha republic il they haye 10 step their ears
with their fingers when he comes to make
speech. No, he will go down TO postcrity in
Ealo of glory. sixty thousand Republican Scaip>
waving from one hand. and statistical facts
from the public gazetteer oozing from the
other. Laughter and applause. But, my
friends it is certainly one CT the most amusing
things to the frantic efforts made BY our
Democratic friends in this State to prove to us
I,,,,,- =!
man was asked by a young man FOR the hamti Of
his daughter in marriage said the Oh man:
''no you love herr" "Ioye herr" said the
young man; "why, for one soft glance lrom
her sweet eyes | would lllrl myself from YOU
der cliff and fall bleeding an,! bruised upon the
cold rock two hundred feet below" "Enough,"
said the old man.'i am something Of liar
myself [great laughter ana applausel and one
is enough in a small family like mine" Re
ncwcd laughter and applause So when the
President saw these protestatons OF affection
from the Massachusetts Democrats he must
have turned round to his Secretary and said:
''Dan'l. when it comes to seventy-story living
those mossbacks up in Massachusetts can beat
you every time Ilaughter], and vet Dan'I we
must meet 'cm half way"
One moment of seriousness before : take my
seat. There is another thing read this morn
ing. l read from Georgia paper that there
never had been any rebellion in this country.
1t was only another growth and product Well,
this State was absent in the years 1862 and '63
and "a. and perhaps '65. down South looking
after that growth and product and he was
wounded in fighting for this nation, and some
body fighting against it shot him. l do not
know that his pain was anv the less because
p;ahto nomanr.t l,,e .Lt ~ ,, " ,5.a.e
1910 % .I - ,"'' o.'y MY" 1h'i ti,n ~ i'o','-
i'co VI '"c heh!"elalic purity tncii hepuD-
ilcil, WAS liiefe III liie service OF MS country,
,nrsoif horor lin, NJ ~ - ., \, - ~. ,r: "
teenth Army Corps, honor him as a defender
of the old flag, and vet | cannot vote for him.
cannot vote for him because he stands now
upon platform that Massachusetts has rcpnli-
ated for thirty years. | cannot vote for him.
nv old comrade. because he approves of prin,
cipes that if carried into practice would niure
every factory in this State and be a harm and
injury to every workman within orr borders.
IIppause.i do not oppose HIM becaIise he
has been a shoemaker or !. soldier: I oppose
him because he represcnts the Democratic nar-
ty. that believe If is the hiohest lutv Of the
citizen to put down even if it carries nv old
comradc with it. [Applousc. One of the
Democratic orators at the rreat funeral the 9th
cr evening at Faneui Hall said thai the Demo
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